Dufner ties major record with 63 at PGA
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Jason Dufner came within inches of the lowest score in the 153-year history of championship golf but was forced to settle for a 7-under 63 in Friday’s second round of the PGA Championship, and a two-stroke lead heading into the weekend.
Dufner holed out from the fairway for eagle, rolled in a putt across the green for par and kept making birdies until he stood over a 12-foot putt that would have given him a unique 62 in a major, but left it 18 inches short.
“Probably the worst putt I hit of the day, which is a little disappointing,” Dufner said. “But all in all, it’s a 63, and name on top of the leaderboard. So that’s a great position to be playing from.”
It was the third time in the last seven years at the PGA Championship that a player had a putt at becoming the first player to shoot 62 in a major. Tiger Woods circled the hole at Southern Hills in 2007. Steve Stricker narrowly missed at Atlanta Athletic Club two years ago.
Still, Dufner could hardly be disappointed when he glanced at the leaderboard that had him at 9-under 131 — tying the 36-hole record at the PGA Championship — and two shots clear of Masters champion Adam Scott, Jim Furyk and Matt Kuchar.
His 63 broke the course record at Oak Hill held by Ben Hogan, Curtis Strange and Webb Simpson, who shot 64 about five hours earlier. Dufner became the 24th player to shoot 63 in a major — Greg Norman and Vijay Singh, both in the Hall of Fame, did it twice.
Simpson also had a chance at 63 until he made a bogey on the 16th hole of his round. US Open champion Justin Rose shot 29 on the front nine to get back into contention. After two rounds, 27 players remained under par. The cut was at 143, the lowest at the PGA Championship since 2001 at Atlanta Athletic Club.
For all the low scores, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were left behind. Woods managed an even-par 70. He was at 1-over 141 and 10 shots behind. Mickelson shot another 71 that left him 11 shots off the lead.
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